Horseshoe



(No Model.)

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,HORSBSHOEQ No. 472.520.v PtentedApr. 12., 1892.

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l NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

JAMES EVERE'IT BULL, OFYTRVACY CITY, TENNESSEE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 472,520, dated April12, 1892.

Application filed November l2, 1891. Serial No. 411,681- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, JAMES EVERETT BULL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Tracy City, in the county of Grundy and State of Tennessee,have invented a new and useful Horseshoe, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in horseshoes; and the objects inView are to reduce the cost of manufacture, increase the durability andsecurity when upon the hoof, and to so construct the shoe as to preventslipping.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in thefollowing description, and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a horseshoeconstructed in accordance with my invention, the same being in positionupon a hoof. Fig. 2 is a bottom perspective View. Fig. 3 is a plan view.

Like numerals of reference indicate like partsin all the figures of thedrawings.

In constructing my shoe I prefer to mold the same in contradistinctionto forming it of wrought-iron. I have found by experience that a shoemolded of malleableiron is equalin durability to the ordinarywrought-iron shoe, and that by molding the same and subsequently heatingand immersing in a suitable tempering solution said shoe is greatlysuperior in durability to the wrought-iron shoe. I therefore prefer tomold and subsequently temper the shoe hereinafter described,though, aswill be seen, certain characteristics of the shoe may be employedindependent of such process.

The shoe consists of the usual tread portion l, provided at its frontend and upon its under side and uear its outer edge with a curvedtoe-calk 2, extending well around or nearly to the quarter of the shoe.At the heels of the shoe are located the heel-calks 3, and said calksare reduced and at their inner front edges merge into curved tins orflanges 4, which extend along the inner edge of the shoe to aboutopposite the terminations of the toe-calk. Such a constructed shoe Ihave found by experience to effectually resist the tendency ot slippingand give the hoof of the animal a iirm grip or hold upon the surface. Atintervals between the ends of the toe-calk and the heel-calk countersunknail-openings 5 are formed, two in this 1nstance being shown and deemedsufficient 1n View of the hereinafter-described construction. The toe isprovided upon its upper side with a wide curved iiange 6, and thequarters are provided at their outer edges with a pair of oppositeupwardly-disposed keepers or lugs 7, tapered toward their upper ends andpreferably serrated, as shown.

The shoe thus described is all formed 1ntegral and possesses theadvantages heretofore described. After molding the shoe 1s heated-thatis, the toe portion thereof-and immersed in the solution, whereby thecalk at the toe of the shoe is made equal to tempered steel. I havefound by experience that a solution composed of saltpeter, prussiate ofpotash, alum, sal-ammoniac, and table-salt added to Water serves as aneliicient tempering solution. Other solutions may be employed, ifdesired.

In applying the shoe the keepers or lugs 7 are spread to admit of thereception of the hoof, after which the nails are applied and the upperends of the keepers inwardly bent or clinched, so as to take into arasp-kerf formed in the quarters ofthe hoof. By the addition of thesekeepers to the shoe two nails will be found ample to maintain the shoetight upon the hoof and prevent any lateral straining of the nails, andalso hoofs of slightly-varying sizes maybe fitted with practically thesame kind of shoe, in that the keepers may be slightly spread to receivethe hoof and conform to its width.

Having described my invention, what I claim is l. The herein-describedshoe, consisting of the tread portion, the curved toe-calk eXtend ingrearwardly to a point near the quarters and at the outer edge of theshoe, the heelcalks, and the iianges extending from said heelscalksalong the inner edge of the shoe IOO moltled and consisting of the treadportion havlng the toe-flange anden1'vedtoeealk,tl1e opposite malleableserrated keepers, the heelealks, and the flanges extending along theinne? edge of the shoe from the lleel-ealks to polnts opposite thetoe-ealks, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own l. have hereto ailxedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES EVERE'I"` BULL.

En. VAN BERGEN, C. J. BISSELL.

